When will the power be back in Hammond, LA?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Hammond is a city of about 23,426 residents in Tangipahoa Parish.
Entergy has reported outages for Hammond by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-08-17) — so when Hammond is affected, this page can show the city's own customers-out count and restoration time rather than only the parish-wide total.
ZIP codes in Hammond:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Hammond: the closest other places we track are Covington, about 21 miles to the east; Mandeville, about 23 miles to the southeast; Gonzales, about 34 miles to the southwest; and Central, about 35 miles to the west. Also nearby: Kenner (36 mi S); Bogalusa (40 mi NE); Baton Rouge (40 mi W); Baker (42 mi W); Slidell (43 mi E); Zachary (44 mi W); New Orleans (44 mi SE); and Picayune, MS (47 mi E).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward McComb, MS (51 mi); northeast toward Hattiesburg, MS (87 mi); east toward Bay St. Louis, MS (67 mi); southeast toward Gretna (48 mi); south toward Houma (66 mi); southwest toward Thibodaux (54 mi); west toward Broussard (93 mi); and northwest toward Natchez, MS (90 mi).
Who serves Hammond?
We track live outage data from Entergy, Washington-St. Tammany Electric and CLECO Power ↗ in Tangipahoa Parish — but several utilities can serve one parish, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. Dixie Electric Membership Corp also serves parts of Tangipahoa Parish — we don't yet read its own live outage map.
Hammond's last tracked outage began Sep 29, peaked at 987 customers out, and was restored in 10 hours. Across the 5 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 3 hours.
- Sep 29 — 987 customers out, restored in 10 hours
- Sep 27 — 112 customers out, restored in 4 hours
- Sep 24 — 33 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 15 — 33 customers out, restored in 3 hours
Parish context: across all of Tangipahoa Parish, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 5 hr. The full record for Tangipahoa Parish
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Hammond, LA?
It depends on the cause and how many crews are working; the live status at the top of this page shows the current outlook. For context from Hammond's own record: across the 5 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 3 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Hammond, LA?
To check your own street, search a Hammond ZIP code — 70401, 70402, 70403 or 70404 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Hammond specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Hammond we have the city-level view: Entergy has published outages for Hammond under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-08-17. When Hammond is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Tangipahoa Parish parish-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the parish figure already includes Hammond.
